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Really a great book, no wonder it’s stood the test of time. It was interesting to read Frankl’s account of his ordeal in a Nazi prison camp, especially from a medical doctors point of view. He raises the question of survival, and for those that did, that they never lost the will to live. The second part of his book discusses his theory and development of logotherapy. This differs from the traditional Freudian therapy treatment in that rather than digging into an individual’s past, logotherapy de
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I found Part 1 a bit disjointed, albeit chilling. Part 2 confirmed my suspicion that people treat meaning as if it is as real as stone.
Wow, I highlighted half of the book! Really an eye opener!
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